The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[cthornburg]

Fairey G.4/31

Chris

 

[Baragouin]

Oops too late!

 

[cthornburg]

Two people with same aircraft I think It's my turn.

Sorry for the grainy normal pix.

Chris

 

[e.a.wicklund]

Right - here's one for e.a.wicklund. Western European, never got into production, but you should be able to track it down......

I would've got that one wrong anyway. I would've guessed a Yokosuka B4Y "Jean".

Thanks for that though.

 

[giruXX]

Chris aircraft is a four-seater parasol, the "Pacer Monopane" of 1928

 

[cthornburg]

I'll look for a harder one next time. Right on and over to you.

Chris

 

[giruXX]

It’s quite some time since the last whirlybird, so let’s try this

 

[wout]

hi giruXX
The Igor Bensen B-3 Midjet?

 

[giruXX]

yes for sure

"The cleverly named Midjet (combining "midget" and "jet") was basically a B-6 with ramjet engines mounted on the rotor tips. This tiny helicopter was said to be capable of lifting several times its own weight." [https://www.vortechonline.com/bensen/]

 

[wout]

A 2-seat motor glider, sort of homebuilt built with foreign help/support/advice.

 

[wout]

She is European, but the engine is not.

 

[wout]

Engine from USA (originally) and help/advice/support from Germany

 

[wout]

Another photo

 

[wout]

The motor glider is the SSV-17 from Yugoslavia. It was developed by VTC (Vazduhoplovno Tecknichi Centari Vrsac) and a design of Mr. Ivan Sostaric who received help from
Alfred Vogt and Theodor Sigmund and his Sigmund Flugtechnik from Germany.
First flight June 1972 and engine was a 60hp Franklin 2A-120A. Registration YU-M6009.

Open House Please

 

[pomme homme]

Now here's an abomination that hasn't, I believe, hitherto graced this place!

 

[wout]

Hi pomme homme
N50GB Butterworth 2/3 scale Whirlwind II by Gerald B.

 

[pomme homme]

Exactly. A monstrosity employing the wings and tail feathers of a Grumman AA-1 combined with a new fuselage and VW engines. The result was supposed to be a 2/3 scale Westland Whirlwind replica. To employ some current British television advertising copy .... 'should have gone to specsavers'!

Over to you, Walter.

 

[wout]

This doubletailer had a bad start.

 

[fabulousfour]

The twin-boom pusher should be the Cinquanta D B Hawker II.

 

[wout]

Hi fabulousfour
The DB Hawker II (registration N2262) was built by Joe Cinquanta and the pusher engine is a 45hp Sachs 440 two-stroke unit.
In initial form the aircraft had two small jets in pods under the wings, but during ground/engine tests high temps of the exhausts gases caused the tail boom covering to "melt down".
After repair the Sachs was installed.
There is a nice article in EAA`s Sport Aviartion Magazine January 1975

Your turn, sir!